THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
KIRKMAN MUDDLE
IS CLEARED
STOKES CANDIDATES SAFE
UNDER HAUSER ACT OF
, 1934 THIS COUNTY IS
DEFINITIVELY UNDER THE
' • PRIMARY, WITH NO
• CHANGE SINCE LAW. WAS
PASSED TWELVE YEARS
r AGO.
Stokes county candidates botn
Democratic and Republican, who
were nominated in June, 1936
primary, are within their rights
under the law.
This matter was definitively
determined by an investigation
of the statutes by Danbury citl
zens at Raleigh this week, when
it was found that Stokes count v
was placed under the primary
system at the special session of
the legislature in 1924, when the
county was represented by Chas_
1L Hauser.
Since the legal test by Herbert
Kirkman, candidate for the Sen
ate from Stokes and Surry, in
June, 1936, there has been some
doubt in the minds of the Ir
relative to the question whether
or not Stokes was include!
among those counties of the
State that had been excepted
. the operation of th«,> pri
. JBjary law. A superficial
' * JM*
tion of the statutes
that it was not.
Consequently, Kirkmr i, who
became a candidate for the
Senate from Surry and Stokes
sued out a mandamus to compel
the election board of Stokes to
put his name on the ticket in
the Spring primary. As Stokes
was entitled to the nomination
under the time-honored agree
ment between Surry and Stokes
for alternating candidates for
the Senate, the Stokes board of
elections omitted Kirkman'*
name from the ticket.
At the hearing before a judge
at Hickory, N. C., Kirkman'*
case was non-suited.
After continued agitation of
the matter, Danbury citizens this
week went to Raleigh to investi
gate the true status of the mat
ter, and found without doubt the
following facts:
At the 1917 session of the
legislature, Stokes was put un
der the primary law, but in 1920
the county was excepted from
the operation of the act. Later
it was again put back, and s'.iP
later omitted, but in the special
aessfon of 1924, when Chas. M.
Hauser was the representative
from Stokes, this conntv wis
defiritc'y placed 'J *:?r the pri
mary system. There has been
1 1 no change in th: law then
.All cnndHatrs, therefore, both
Drr-ocatic pnd Republican, who
werp nominated for different of
fices In the Stokps Spring, JP3I
primary, are therefor? within
the'r rights, and are bona fide
contestants in the anoroaching
' fall election of November, 193 C
Re-
Volume 64.
Owners Please Call
> I Game. Violators Will
Be Prosecuted
While seining in the Dan near
Red Shoals bridge Monday some
twelve or fifteen illicit fishermen
were suddenly apprised by the
county game warden, C. H.
Martin. There was a great
splashing and floundering as the
men escaped into the thick un
i dergrowth of the stream's bank
, and the nearby woods. They left
behind a splendid 60-foot mesh,
, worth about S4O. Officer Martin
is extending a cordial invitation
,to the owners of the seine to
, come forward and claim it.
. 1 District Protestor W. C. Lisk
, says a desperate effort will be
, made to enforce all fish and
, game laws in the State. He adds
• that the squirrel season will not
, be open until September 15, and
that those persons in the habit
of shooting these animals before
the law protecting them has ex
. pired will be prosecuted in every
; case that can be apprehended.
J
: Danbury Kid
Revelling In
i Old Ocean
I Angela Taylor is having a big
. time at Myrtle Beach, as eviden
jced by her card to one of her
. JWle Danbury friends:
I
"I am having a great time 1
, here. I went in swimming thir
, morning and got out so deep I
i couldn't touch the bottom.
I "Angela."
I
Tonsorial Artist
>| Makes Money on Dogs
1 i
Carwheel James, Walnut Cove
; barber, is not only one of the
. :moS'i skiHful handlers of a razor
|
• in the State, but he is a success
ful dog fancier. A few days ago
he sold two bird dogs for $300.00
, and $200.00 respectively. These
; canines he had raised and trained
from puppies.
These are doubtless the high
est prices dogs ever sold for in
.' this county, and possibly the
. State can't beat it.
Mt. Airy Function
Mr. and Mrs. Jones Brown, of
I ■ Mount Airy, entertained at a
i delightful dinner at their home
•on North Main Street, Tuesday
j evening honoring Mr. Thomas
I Gilmer and his two young daugh
,l ters, Fmily ar.d Carolyn, o
, Tulsa, Okla.
II Those enjoying the hospitality
. of Mr. and Mrs. Brown besje??.-
i the honor gin rts were: Mr. an'
Mrs. John Prather, Mr. and Mrs.
i George Sparger, George Sparger,
i Jr., Miss Ellen Norfleet Sparger,
Herbert Foy, Mrs. Jessie P.
Christian and son, Beverly, Mar
joric Pepper and Ellen Prather
Hall.
«
Mrs Wall 111
Mrs. Bryan Wall, of Meadows,
, to ill in a Wtnaton-Salem hospi
■KMnMaSttßtr
Poor Print
DAMAGED TEXT
Danbury, N. C„ Thursday, July 30, 1936
MCDONALD CROWD *
WILL NOT BOLT
TOWNSEND AND LEMKE '
FOLLOWERS WILL NOT
CUT MUCH FIGURE IN
i NORTH CAROLINA OR
GANIZED DEMOCRACY WILJ.
NOT BE UNDERMINED.
\
Raleigh, July 29. Supporters i
■ of Dr. R. W. McDonald in his i
I I
: j campaign for governor have no .
I fellowship with the third party
! or Town send movement so far as
i the observers about Raleigh aro';
able to perceive. i
' While some of the McDonald 1
men have advertised their de- 1
fection, the great bulk of his '•
supporters are regulars who took
their beating good naturedly and ]
are traveling with the organized. 1
Democracy. Accusations of the
regular Rooseveltere against the
Liberty leaguers and Republicans |
for their alleged encouragement , 1
to the wild ones in the Demo- 1
cracy, go to the extent of say- 1
ing the Lemke-Townsend-third
party outfit is financed by the 1
Republicans The general im-, ■
pressjon here is that the Republi- j
i cans have need of all the money ( 1
they can get to match the treas- '
ury of the Democratic organiza
tion. I
With the exception of Charles
feMrnethy, Jr., who ran for Con- j
gress in the third 'strict, there'«
is hardly to be found a Town-j
I sendite in the state who is mak
ing any noise. Mr. Abeitoethy had
to run on something and the
Townsend plan turned out to b«* i
pretty good. Ther e are a few ]
i followers in Warren and Halifax
counties, but if there is any
Townsend or Lemke strength in
the state it is not discernible. It !
is very much the phenomenon of
1924. Everybody got uneasy
1 1 about LaFollette, but he received
fewer votes throughout the state'
than an average big county, such
as Guilford, Mecklenburg, Wake'
or Forsyth would have been ex-j
pected to give him. There ap
parently isn't even that mucn
power in North Carolina behind
the third party movement. '
There might have been some
pcint, it is admitted, to a sort f j
McDonald-Lemke coalition dur
' I
mg the primary, but that merely
would have taken votes from one
I t
McDonald pocket and put them
in another. There is no promise
' in this new party, it is contend
ed. It is much worse off than the;
Socialists. Norman Thomas would
many more votes than Lem
ko.
Th? gossip about the Me*
Donaldites pot started when the
doctor sent out his wor» that the
crusade has just bo;.;in. that ho
i"' staying 11 the Democratic
pnrty anil in North Cnrolitin to
continue the fight _ Naturally
there WPS suspicion as to whore
ths money would come from,
j Subsequent developments have
shown that. One may run a cam-'
1
pain on credit just as one may
. buy groceries on credit.
Evidently, there is no fusion
GOOD RAINS
REFRESH CROPS
TOBACCO WILL NOT AVER
AGE MUCH OVER HALF
CORN HAS SUFFERED, BUT
IS ALMOST AVERAGE
GARDENS WIPED OUT.
Fine rains are falling over the
county this week, refreshing the
crops, and starting the grass to
growing again for the cattle.
It is not believed the tobacco
crop will be much over half a
yield, as in some sections it is
seriously stunted with the con
tinued dry weather. While manv
crops, especially in the eastern
section of the county, are fine,
as a general thing the stand is
poor and the showing on the
land v ery inferior. Corn is ex
ceptionally good in some sections
while in others it is burnt up.
Gardens are wiped out large
ly, with potatoes, beans, toma
toes, etc.. shrivelled to a degree
that it is pitiful.
Cattle have been fed for weeks
with shipped-tn forage, the
native grass being parched. How
ever, the pressnt seasons will do
much to revive the feed for
stock
OTIS KERCHER
OF INDIANA
SPEAKS TO STOKES FARMERS
GOVERNMENT RAT BAIT
ECONOMICAL.
At a rscent meating of more
then forty representative Stokes
Farmers held in the courthouse,
Otis Kercher, of Indiana, dis
cussed the Farm Bureau. He told
of the fight farm leaders in this
country hav e made through the
American Farm Bureau for im
provement in agricultural and
economic conditions, end out
lined some of the conditions
which still call for continued ef
fort on the part of far m leaders.
At the conclusion of Kerchar's
address a temporary organization
was formed with J. L. Christian,
of Pinnacle, as temporary presi
dent; J. Moir Hawkins, of Sandy
Ridge, as temporary vice-presi
dent and J. E. Mitchell, of Ger
manton, as temporary secretary
treasurer. Several of Stokes lead
ing farmers have already united
with this organization and organi
zation committees have been ap
pointed in each township. When
these township committeemen
have had an opportunity to can
vass their territory on a member
ship drive a permanent organiza
tion will be formed and per
manent officers elected.
SNihes at State Short Course
I.ocal -l-II Club boys wore re
presented nt th.i 4-TI State Short
Courvj held nt State College,
rr,loi"h, last week, by Miss Zilln
Priddy, of Sandy Ridge and Erl
win Robertson, of Pine Hill.
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of McDonald men with those
jwild and weird and wooly west
erners.
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1 • a
Mrs. McNairy Taking
I Spec'al Course A t
State University
Mrs. Evelyn McNairy is tak
r ing a special 6-weeks course in i
.. social work at Chapel Hill. Mrs. j
j McNairy was recently elected bl
ithe Stokes authorities superin
? | tendent of public welfare in the,
i : county. While Mrs. McNairy is,
3 1 highly qualified in social work,
| with exceptional college training
~ and extensive experiencce in
, ( Guilford, Forsyth and Stokes, it
s is the policy of the State *-»:> i
. federal authorities to render ad
. ditional training for superinten
, dents through summer courses at
the State university.
3 1 During her absence, Mr«.
; McNairy is succeeded bv Mi-t
.; Merritt, of Roxboro, Person
~ county, who also comes vei\
j highly qualified for the duties of
.; this responsible position.
■ Deputy Smith In 1 ;
| Hospital—Cheered
J- By Patrolmen
Deputy Sheriff Bert Smith is
, in the Baptist hospital at Wins
„! ton-Salem, and will possibly sus- I
tain an operation,
j Tuesday his friends of the!
I State patrol, located at Winston-
Salem, including sergeant Mit
k t chell, Mr. Coman and others i
! visited him, 'taking ice cream
t [
and other things to cheer him :
1 '
i up.
I ,
. Distr»ct Game
|! Protecto
i
\V. C. Lisk. district gamt
, protector of Richfield, spent n
day or two at Danbury this .
week looking after the State's
} .
rish and game interests in
Stolccs, which he says are in fine
shape under the trusteeship y.
jChns. Martin, county game pro
tector Mr. Lisk has fifteen 01 |
i twenty counties under his guard-
I ianship. He comes here every
I few weeks and numbers his :
Stoke» friends by the score.
j Electric Show
.!
Good progress is being made
toward arrangements for the
j celebration of the turning on o:
( ,Duke Power Service at Danbu.y
; on next Thursday and FriJay,
! August 6th and 7th.
|
A number of dealers in electri
cal equipment and appliances
will have exhibits on hand t'u••
demonstration and the coo!'in.
school, scheduled for Friday i:'-
ternoca and evening will cvi Ui. :•
!y bo largely attended by t!\>
women of the community. t : ;n;
pages in "The Reporter" :u v c
wn'k v. i'l give details nnd th
i'.'iiineenur.tt3 of inhibitors.
J. V. M.
i
JJaptist Revival
i Scricr- of revival services !:>•
_ gan nt Baptist church on \Yr '
e nesday night. Revs. Davenport
> and Manuel are conducting the
j rateeting*.
Number 3,353
KING TO HAVE
NEW STREET
NEW BUSINESS HOUSES AND
RESIDENCES TO SOON GO
I P ON BKOAD THROUGH
FARE ANNUAL FULP RE
UNION WILL DRAW BIG
CROWD STORK IS STILL
, BUSY.
! '
, King, July 29. Dirt is being
moved at a rapid rate on the new
link of North Carolina U. S. No.
52 highway extending from Death
Bridge two miles east of King to
the Surry county line near Pilot
Mountain. This new link which
will be concrete misses the busi
j ness section of King, but gives
a new 20 foot concrete street
.through the town, a distance of
; approximimately two miles.
! There are some very fine building
'sights on this new street which
will be known as Broad street.
New business houses and resi
idences are expected to soon dot
this new street from one end ro
the other. Already prospects
' are negotiating Jfor building
sihgts along the new street.
The annual Fulp reunion will
be held at the home of Sanders
R. Fulp near King on the fifth
! Sunday, August 30th. All rela
tives and friends are invited
to attend with well filled bask
ets. A large crowd is expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Stone and
Mr.*. Adam H:.ll. of Trinity, spent
Svnlrty with relatives here.
Dr. and Mrs. 1. A. Boone and
Mrc. C. D Slate, Jr., are spending
••"-'ion at Virginia Beach,
Virgii. ia.
Miss Mattie Sue Allen, of Rur-
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Ferguson,
al Hall, underwent a tonsil oper
ation here Friday morning.
Material is being placed on
the site preparatory to erect*
jng a new home for J. E. Stone.
Banks Turner has purchased
from Bryan and Norman White
the 92 acre Preston farm just
west of town. Consideration
SO,OOO.
Dr. Grady E. Stone and family
left Sunday morning on a vaca
er.tin.n trip to Texas and possibly
California. They will be gone
about two we-ks.
Miss Ruby Rierson, who under
went an opeeraticKi for appendi
citis in W.e City Hospital at
Winston-Salem a week ago, js
reported to be getting on nicely.
A party of fifteen people left
here Fiiday ni crni:ig tor a week's
vacation at Carol na Beach.
Mt.". James .V .• on has re
tu> !to r : !i •• • ar.d
! a : out " . .1 f. . a
r mejot opet lon p i "ormed in
th: Marin M- • ' ! ll.spitul,
Mount .\iiy.
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